Lublin: ceremonies at Majdanek. Celebrations of the 4th anniversary of the liberation of Warsaw’s Praga district. The assembly of the spans of the Śląsko-Dąbrowski bridge has begun. Czechoslovakia: Edvard Beneš, a former president of Czechoslovakia, has died. Italy, Venice: at the film festival, the Golden Medal is awarded to “Ulica graniczna”.